Webinar: Managing the Promise and Risk of Infrastructure Development

Event Date:

February 20, 2019

As part of a strategy to spur growth, create jobs and achieve some of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the G20 is planning to invest trillions of dollars in new infrastructure. In turn, however, analysts are expecting widespread adverse impacts to critical ecosystems and local communities. What steps can developers, policy-makers, investors and lenders take to limit or mitigate the damage? What hurdles must be overcome to ensure that relevant environmental and social standards are robust enough to help alleviate poverty and maximize sustainable outcomes?

Join World Bank and conservationists experts as they discuss emerging tools and best practice for preventing and mitigating infrastructure-related harm to local communities, biodiversity and critical habitats.

This webinar is part of a series of events planned around the launch of the Arcus Foundation’s State of the Apes: Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation, published by Cambridge University Press. To download the book, the Executive Summary or the Policy Briefing, visit www.stateoftheapes.com.

Register here for our webinar on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at 9am EST. A replay of the video will be made available after the event.

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